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The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean
Engseng Ho
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Paperback. Narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 574. Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean. Series: California World History Library. 406 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 2 tables. Narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight: 566.
"The Graves of Tarim" narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean over the past five hundred years. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, Engseng Ho explores the transcultural exchanges - in kinship and writing - that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. At home throughout the Indian Ocean, diasporic Hadramis engaged European empires in surprising ways across its breadth, beyond the usual territorial confines of colonizer and colonized. A work of both anthropology ... Read more
"The Graves of Tarim" narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean over the past five hundred years. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, Engseng Ho explores the transcultural exchanges - in kinship and writing - that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. At home throughout the Indian Ocean, diasporic Hadramis engaged European empires in surprising ways across its breadth, beyond the usual territorial confines of colonizer and colonized. A work of both anthropology ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
406
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
California World History Library
Condition
New
Weight
576g
Number of Pages
406
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520244542
SKU
V9780520244542
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About Engseng Ho
Engseng Ho is Frederick S. Danzinger Associate Professor of Anthropology and of Social Studies at Harvard University, and Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.
Reviews for The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean
"An important contribution to the study of diaspora... Elegant... [A] very thorough study that deserves a wide readership." Intl Journal Of Middle East Stds (Ijmes) "This exemplary ethnography offers a distinctive approach to the 'anthropology of mobility'." Journal Royal Anthro Inst